Total Russian casualties from its invasion of Ukraine is approaching 1.6 million. In addition to missing or wounded, this includes nearly 500,000 killed.
Putin is a dictator. The fact that Russians may find this unacceptable has not led him to end this war.
Trump initiated a war against Iran that has killed about 25 Americans and wounded 865. Between that and what the war has meant for gas prices, Americans basically voted against Trump's party and his war. (And yes, I realize it will likely take time to extricate ourselves from Iran but last week's election accelerated the end of the war.)
Even if democracies were just as likely to make errors as dictatorships, they would win simply because they have better mechanisms for error correction and they have to please so many more people. A democracy is less likely to engage in activity that will hurt a lot of people and more likely to correct itself when it does.
Putin is a dictator. The fact that Russians may find this unacceptable has not led him to end this war.
Trump initiated a war against Iran that has killed about 25 Americans and wounded 865. Between that and what the war has meant for gas prices, Americans basically voted against Trump's party and his war. (And yes, I realize it will likely take time to extricate ourselves from Iran but last week's election accelerated the end of the war.)
Even if democracies were just as likely to make errors as dictatorships, they would win simply because they have better mechanisms for error correction and they have to please so many more people. A democracy is less likely to engage in activity that will hurt a lot of people and more likely to correct itself when it does.
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